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Do you use monotypes?

Do any of you use Monotypes of maybe , your favorite Pokemon type? For those of you who don't know what a monotype is, it is when you only use a specific type of Pokemon in a game, such as Bug. So, do you, and if so, what type?

Tried a grass-type monotype in Black. I had to rely on a Ferrothorn for pretty much everything, so I was screwed when we met that Fire Blast spamming Chandelure in the Elite 4 and whenever we ran into a Darmanitan. Aah... I'm not going through that again.

Yes, I've completed seven monotypes in Platinum, and am currently on my eighth (Flying). It's been a neat experience going through the game with only one type. You really become more aware of the strengths and weaknesses of each one, and I've liked coming up with different strategies to overcome those weaknesses I encounter along the way, not to mention that I've had an opportunity to use Pokemon I'd never even considered putting on my team before. I think my favorites so far have been Water and Grass - it's fun kicking butt with Bibarel and Plant Cloak Wormadam. :P

are we talking about monotype teams or monotype pokemon? I've never had a monotype team, and actually, I usually never us monotype pokemon either - I like to cover as many types as I possibly can - however, I recently quickplayed through SS and ended up using a Feraligatr, a Magmortar and an Alakazam.

Team wise, it's not really my thing but I wouldn't mind trying a Dragon-type team one day....would have to buy another cartridge or download a rom or something though because I don't think I'd have it as my main team for a specific Gen. :/

I have never done a monotype team but I keep considering it. If I were to do it i see myself using water or normal for the variety of moves they can learn. If I were to do normal though I'd only allow one normal/flying or even none at all.

No, at least not in-game. However, I sometimes use monotype teams for fun in the Battle Frontier/World Tournament/Battle Subway for fun. But even then, I mostly use Latias, Garchomp and Milotic, those three pretty much always do an awesome job for me.